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ECVET AND PRACTITIONERS WORKING IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT SERVICES
Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The EPWESS project is located in the context of Entrepreneurship Support Services (SAEs). The need for support and assistance to entrepreneurship is an area that permeates any country which bases its growth strategy in promoting the creation and consolidation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).As mentioned in the initial description of the project, 85% of the jobs generated by companies in Europe is located in the context of SMEs, hence the importance of providing effective support to these companies as engines of economic growth.The primary objective of EPWESS is to improve the professional training of the SAEs' staff; through the detection of strengths and weaknesses through a massive collection of questionnaires in four countries participating in the project; by defining what the correct profile is in terms of skills of the target group, in total connection with the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training based on the information obtained in the previous phase; through an online tool that will generate a portfolio that will contain, in turn, acquired skills in order to make them visible, transferable, comparable to Europe; through a useful training guide for SAEs.By using the products of this project, any practitioner working in a SAEs can easily compare his/her competences and what skills he/she needs to develop the activities in any European country, thanks to the use of ECVET framework. Transfer, no formal recognition and visualization are three key concepts that explain largely the motivation of the partners of this project to work in the proposed direction.In addition, it is being planned to conduct a pilot training course to be attended not only by practitioners working in the SAEs but also by participating members of institutions related to the subject, as could be public authorities, universities, schools, SMEs themselves, etc ... Through the participation of different actors involved in the project topic, the partnership will be able to improve the training guide to enhance the final impact that project outputs will have.The project uses a methodology based on the implementation of different heterogeneus activities that provide added value to the final products: Fieldwork (questionnaires), with research and development (connection of the results of the questionnaires under ECVET, and the development of a comprehensive training guide) and technical tasks (online validation tool).
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